Corset



3 19240 I I I C. B. WHITN EY CORSET Filed July 11 122 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 20 1924.

C.- B. WHITNEY CORSET 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 11 Patented May 20, 1924.

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CLAYTON B. WHITNEY, F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN'OR TO -RDYAL WORCESTER CORSET COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. I

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Application filed July 11,

To allwho m it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAYTON B. WHITNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at I I Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to that class of corsets more particularly designed for stout women, and comprises'a novel'arrangement of yielding parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a general view of the improved corset with the parts closed together as in use. Fig. 2 is an inside view of one half or one body part of the improved corset, Fig. 3 a detail section on line 33, Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a

detail section on line 4 1, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 12 denotes the non-elastic body part of each half of the corset, these parts being provided with the usually vertically disposed bones or stiifen-- ers stitched into pockets formed for their reception, and the two halves being adjustably connected together, at the back of the corset, by the usual lacing strings or tapes what may be termed a short elastic band,

which, when in normal, or unstretched, condition, is of lesser length than the overlying non-elastic corset parts, which will leave a fullness to be taken up when saidband is stretched. (See Fig. 3.)

Below the elastic pieces 145,011 each half of the corset, and stitched at both of their vertical edges to the inside of each corset body part, are other pieces 17, of strong elastic fabric or webbing, preferably somewhat larger or broader than the pieces 14 forming the elastic band. The elastic pieces '1922. Serial No. 574,198.

to be shorter than the non-elastic body parts 18 passing through eyelets near the back- 17, being stitched only at their vertical edges to the inside of the'body parts 12," are loose inside of said parts, and are of such length, when in contracted or normal condition, as

0 outside of them, as shown in Fig. 4:, which fullness is taken up when the elasticstrips or pieces 17 are stretched.

The front portions of the body parts 12 are preferably formed shorter, from the top of the corset, than the rear portions-of said body parts. These shorter front parts terminate at their lower ends at a point about as indicated by, the dotted'line a, and the clastic fabric pieces 17 extend down to or near, the location denoted by said dotted line. Overlying the cut-away lower portions of said body parts are wide outside non-elastic flaps 18, attached at their rear edges to said body parts 12, or forming forward continuations of the non-elastic fabric of the said body parts. The front edges of the flaps 18 are provided with eyelets 19, and are, in practice, connected together by a lacing 20, which is preferably an elastic cord.

To the shortened front portion of each corset half are attached elastic hose supporters 21, which may be of the usual construction, and other hose supporters 21 are also preferably attached to the longer parts of the corset.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the construction above described provides a corsetwhich is elastic or yielding from top to bottom; while the elastically connected flaps 18 provide a yielding abdominal supporter; thus particularly adapting the improved corset for the use of stout women, as hereinbefore stated. While it is preferred to embody both sets of elastic fabric pieces 14 and 17 in the same corset, it will be understood that one set of these pieces may .be' employed without the other, if desired.

Having thus described my invention I 100 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A corset consisting of two non-elastic body parts having provisions for adjustably connecting their rear edges together, said 105 parts having in front, neargtheir tops, inside elastic fabric pieces attached at their vertical rear edges only to said-body parts, said non-elastic body parts extending to the top of the corset and thusentirely overlying said 9 elastic fabric pieces which latter are providediat their free front edges with means for detachably connecting them together, and said elastic fabric pieces forming, when connected, an elastic band which is normally of I lesser length than the overlying non-elastic corset parts, and the said body parts having also in front, below the abovenamed elastic fabric pieces, other inside elastic fabric pieces attached at their vertical edges only to said :body parts, said lastnamed-elastic fabric pieces'being overlaid by said non-elastic'bodyparts and being normally of such lengths as to leavea fullness in said non-elastic body parts outside of them.

2. A corset consisting of two non-elastic body parts having provisions for adjustably connecting their rear edges together, said parts having in'front, near their tops, in side elastic fabric pieces attachedat their verticalrear edges to said body parts, said non-elastic body parts extending to the, top of the corset and'thus entirely overlying said elastic fabric" pieces which are provided at their free front edges with means for detachably connecting them together, said elastic fabric pieces forming, when connect-- ed, an elastic band which is normally of .away lower portions of said body parts be.-

ing overlaid by non-elastic flaps connected at their vertical rear edges only to said body parts and being provided at their vertical.

front edges with elastic means by which they may be, detachably connected together.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CLAYTON B. WHITNEY. 

